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BIRTHDAYS 1944: Kevin Ayers (Soft Machine) 1946: Gordon Fleet (The Easybeats) 1948: Barry Hay (Golden Earring) 1949: Scott Asheton (The Stooges) 1957: Tim Farriss (INXS) 1958: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone a.k.a. Madonna 1980: Bob Hardy (Franz Ferdinand) EVENTS 1938: Death of Robert Johnson [aged 27]. 1974: Ramones played their first […]

BIRTHDAYS 1942: Ronald Padavona a.k.a. Ronnie James Dio (Elf / Rainbow / Black Sabbath / Dio / Heaven & Hell) 1942: Sixto Rodriguez 1943: Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) 1947: Arlo Guthrie 1953: Rik Emmett (Triumph) 1959: Sandy West (The Runaways) EVENTS 1968: Eric Clapton announced that Cream would break up […]

BIRTHDAYS 1944: Billy Cobham (Miles Davis / Mahavishnu Orchestra) 1945: Nicky Chinn (Songwriter / Producer) 1946: Robert Fripp (King Crimson) 1946: Roger Earl (Savoy Brown / Foghat) 1947: Darrell Sweet (Nazareth) 1951: Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers) 1965: Krist Novosolic (Nirvana) EVENTS 1953: Death of guitarist, Django Reinhardt [aged 43]. […]